“The Airline has no plans to hike ticket prices for domestic flights”, he told at the President’s Public Communications Service.

He elaborated that the Company had changed its prices for international flights. “The overall price hike is 7-10%; for some routes such as Astana-Moscow, Almaty-Moscow, Astana-Istanbul, Almaty-Istanbul the prices remain unchanged”, he added.

He admitted that “the 20% currency devaluation will have an impact on the company’s financial performance as 70% of sales are in the national currency, with 65% of expenses being in US Dollars”.

“In case of international flights mutual settlements [with other countries] are done in US Dollars and Euro. Aircraft and spare parts are leased and purchased in foreign currencies. The Company is certain to face some hardships, but we are fully aware of our social responsibility”, he said.